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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Let's Have A "T" Party!

One of my favorite preschool activities is hosting a letter "Tt" party. It's also one of our favorite ways to showcase the letter "Tt".

Last week, the children and I hosted a picnic tea party in our yard. We donned our old fashioned dresses and hats for the festivities. It was a wonderful time and we even took a picture of our feast to enter in a contest. It may be old school, but there is something magical about tea parties.

Here are some ideas for hosting your "Tt" tea party:

Create invitations and have the children practice writing the letter "Tt's" on the front and their names inside.

Use real tea service- the children love using "grown up" cups and silver.

Serve sugar cubes to mix with their tea. I am probably going to get a lot of slack for that comment, but the children ADORE taking "one lump or two" and stirring their drink. It's not an everyday treat and makes this activity memorable.

Dress the part. Have participants dress in their finest or furnish fancy dresses, ties, hats, and gloves for the children to don.

Teach them basic manners. I know this doesn't follow the letter theme, but take every opportunity you can to emphasis social skills.

Play "fancy" music faintly in the background. We have a CD of piano compositions and classical renditions we rely on.